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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1949
Page
4
Emb Ert Schroeder sustained a fractured pelvis and broken wrist after a car and truck collision driven by Luis Gonzales Flores Saturday. Highway Patrolmen W. L. Luna and John Casper investigated the wreck.
A Chicago resident, 79 year old Mr J Wenig, praises All Bran for relieving constipation after decades of laxatives. He claims he no longer uses laxatives for five months and urges others to try the cereal with daily ounce servings and water, offering a double your money back guarantee.
Ed Horne of Lockhart Kiwanis warns against forces he says threaten democracy and the church in the United States. He compares ancient nations’ downfalls to present dangers and urges continued effort to keep America strong, citing church attendance and social decay.
Edward K. Hartman 22 of Kyle died after a two day polio attack in an Austin hospital. Funeral Sunday at Kyle Methodist Church with Rev. John N. MccKay officiating. Burial in San Marcos Cemetery. Pallbearers from Kyle included J. D. Clarke Emmett Dalton Frank Stamport Pete Lynch Wayne Sanders and Delvin Simon. He is survived by his parents W. C. Hartman and two brothers William O. Hartman Jr. Pecos and Bucky Hartman Kyle.
Edd Johnson, Williamson County farmer, waived examining trial in Justice Burnap's court and was bound over to the grand jury on cattle theft charges. Bond set at $1500 after Sorenson reported two missing cows. one found at a Taylor auction lot in LaGrange and another at Smithville. both animals returned to Sorenson.
Funeral services are held for Mrs. J. B. Sterling sister in law of the late Gov. Ross Sterling. She died Sunday at her Dayton home and will be buried at the Sterling mausoleum Forest Park Cemetery Houston.
A quip on bee lifespan notes that even the slowest bee would need 64 years to produce a single pound of honey. It reflects a playful count of time and labor in the insect world.
Funeral services were held for Fred Bissie Mueller 36 of Hills at Martin Lutheran Church Giddings officiated by Rev S T Schroeder. Mueller died in an auto accident near Hills where he ran a grocery store. Burial was in City Cemetery. Survived by widow Waldine Mueller one daughter three brothers one sister and his parents.
At Castel Gandolfo on Monday Pope Pius XII interrupted his vacation to receive Archbishop Joseph F. Rummel and a group of 225 pilgrims from New Orleans and Brooklyn.
The United States shipped over 19 million tons of food abroad in 1947, underscoring its role as the world’s breadbasket. Strong agricultural output supported by wartime gains and expanding markets framed the year’s export record.
Smithville announces John M. Burgess will become manager of the Chamber of Commerce starting September 1. Burgess, current C of C president L. R. Wesson said Burgess hails from Galveston and has spent the last two years in Navasota.
SMITHVILLE Aug 29 Many residents of Cistern and nearby rural areas will receive electric service for the first time. Sisco Electric Company crews arrive in Smithville with families and begin stringing lines this week. Land clearance is done and pole setters finished, leaving clear work areas for linemen. Many homes have had wiring for years.
About 22 million people have viewed the capital from the Washington Monument observation platform. The statistic underscores the monument as a premier city landmark drawing visitors from across the country.
Superintendent Will Elmer Ferguson announced the Buda Rural High School District will begin on September 5 with four bus routes serving Buda Driftwood Goforth and Nieder Wald plus a route into Travis County for transfers. Manchaca students ride to Waggoner Station then transfer to the Buda bus. The faculty includes Ferguson and 14 others. New Hope district consolidates adding about 14 square miles to Buda.
Coroner rules Acel Kenney aged 52 of Towhattan Point Ohio died of cerebral hemorrhage. He and his wife were on a trip to California when he was removed from a Santa Fe train in Amarillo. The body will be sent to Bellaire Ohio.
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